Failures to Qualify in a Season

until 1977 Italian GP

Ignore Indy 500 races
Ignore non-championship races
Note: records involving non-championship races may be inaccurate due to incomplete data.

Qualification position:

Pos	Sponsor Industry	Year	Failures to Qualify
1	Oil	1978	26
2	Tyres	1977	24
2	Tyres	1978	24
4	Oil	1977	20
4	Tobacco	1977	20
6	Spark plugs	1978	18
6	Tobacco	1978	18
8	Oil	1974	15
9	Spark plugs	1974	14
9	Tyres	1974	14
11	Oil	1975	12
11	Car parts	1978	12
13	Tyres	1970	11
13	Tobacco	1976	11
15	Oil	1970	10
16	Tobacco	1975	9
17	Tyres	1976	8
	Airline	1977	8
	Dampers	1978	8
20	Tobacco	1974	7
21	Metal working	1970	6
	Oil	1976	6
	Watches	1977	6
	Steering wheel	1978	6
	Watches	1978	6
26	Car manufacture	1974	5
	Steering wheel	1974	5
	Toys	1974	5
	Watches	1975	5
	Contraception	1978	5
31	Spark plugs	1975	4
	Sugar	1976	4
	Alcohol	1977	4
	Airline	1978	4
	Photography	1978	4
36	Brakes	1970	3
	Toiletries	1970	3
	Oil	1971	3
	Alcohol	1974	3
	Tools	1974	3
	Safety systems	1975	3
	Steering wheel	1975	3
	Tyres	1975	3
	Car parts	1977	3
	Spark plugs	1977	3
	Alcohol	1978	3
	Car manufacture	1978	3
	Tobacco	1979	3
	Tyres	1979	3
50	Motor industry	1970	2
	Nuts and bolts	1970	2
	Tobacco	1970	2
	Brakes	1974	2
	Electronics	1974	2
	Vehicle manufacture	1974	2
	Watches	1974	2
	Sugar	1975	2
	Car manufacture	1976	2
	Modelmakers	1976	2
	Publishing	1976	2
	Spark plugs	1976	2
	Steering wheel	1976	2
	Sugar	1977	2
	Tools	1978	2
	Funerals	1979	2
	Oil	1979	2
67	Oil	1967	1
	Car manufacture	1970	1
	Spark plugs	1971	1
	Toiletries	1971	1
	Tyres	1971	1
	Alcohol	1972	1
	Oil	1972	1
	Tobacco	1972	1
	Toys	1972	1
	Tyres	1972	1
	Vehicle hire	1974	1
	Caravan manufacture	1975	1
	Safety systems	1976	1
	Refrigeration	1977	1
	Safety systems	1977	1
	Car care	1978	1
	Medical	1978	1
	Accommodation	1979	1
	Alcohol	1979	1
	Car care	1979	1
	Car parts	1979	1
	Motor racing	1979	1
	Spark plugs	1979	1

Qualification position: